Help Support HONK! Fest West!

Some of you may know that I help organize HONK! Fest West. It’s a three-day, non-profit, community-supported music festival that focuses on marching bands, drum corps, samba lines, 2nd line New Orleans Brass, and anything acoustic and mobile that can make a ruckus (we also love jugglers, magicians, dancers, and street performers of all stripes).

HONK! Fest West is May 13-15

We are a volunteer-run festival. We draw no salary. We do it out of love for the music, the moment when the audience melts into the performers, and–of course–dancing in the streets.

We’re looking to raise $5,000 over the next 30 days. This money helps cover our permits, venue rentals, food for the musicians and volunteers, travel costs, and all the other line-item details that come with putting on a music festival. If you can, please consider supporting us. Every dollar helps. (And I wouldn’t say no to you forwarding this on to others you might think interested.) Would you like to see our video? Yes? Well, good, cause I was gonna put it here anyway.

As you might imagine, putting on a festival requires help of all sorts. If you can dontate a service–food, printing, venue, transportation, and so on–or your time or work for an organization that would like to table at our event, please get in touch with me at info @ honkfestwest . com.

I am extremely excited to put this event on again in Seattle, see old friends and meet new, and–of course–dance in the streets. Hot damn do I love dancing in the streets. I hope you can come out and join me.